![]() ![]() Mozart, who at the time of Saint-Georges’ success was struggling to make his own music heard, envied him. ![]() He also led one of the best orchestras in Europe – Le Concert des Amateurs – and former US president John Adams judged him “the most accomplished man in Europe”. ![]() Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745 – 1799)ĭubbed ‘le Mozart noir’ (‘Black Mozart’), the Chevalier de Saint-Georges is remembered as the first classical composer of African origins.īorn to a wealthy plantation owner and his African slave, Saint-Georges was a prolific composer who wrote string quartets, symphonies and concertos in the late 18th century.Black lives matter now, and absolutely always. In classical music’s corner of this, there are brilliant composers that have too long been neglected in the Western tradition, and here we celebrate some of the most famous and influential Black composers in classical music history. The music industry and wider communities took a stand on Tuesday 2 June 2020 with Blackout Tuesday – a vow to silence an industry propped up by Black history and culture on social media and across airwaves for a day, with time to pause and reflect, and take a moment to plan effective, lasting and truly uniting change in the fight to end discrimination on grounds of race.
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